The “founder of modern management,” Dr. Drucker wrote about knowledge workers, their importance, and their contributions. His thoughts on these subjects have served as design basis for business intelligence (BI). Dr. Drucker predicted that the major changes in society would be brought about by information. During much of his... [Continue Reading]

Canadian Business published a story of the innovative trend toward low-cost orbital imagery that is transforming business intelligence (BI) use across farming, forestry, and retail. As the production cost and weigh steadily decline, we should see 750 new nano and micro-satellites orbiting the earth in 2020, each no larger than a shoe... [Continue Reading]

Guest blog from Jane Farquhar, Manager Product Marketing for BI and Advanced Analytics, IBM Business Analytics
Think of how far we’ve come in a relatively short period of time. Remember the days when mobile BI meant carrying around stacks of green bar paper reports that were outdated the moment they came off the printer?
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Guest post from Noah Iliinsky, Advanced Visualization Expert, IBM Center for Advanced Visualization
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This is a continuation of a series of posts covering the Four Pillars of Visualization. Please read my previous article for an overview of the four pillars for an effective visualization.
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Guest post from Brendan Grady, Director of Market Strategy, IBM Business Analytics
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Big data is a reality. Big data is also big hype. So how do we find real value in this big data hype?
Like it or not, big data is a reality marketing and other organizations are... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Mark Morton, Product Marketing, IBM Business Analytics
Recently, I participated at the Midmarket CIO Forum in Bonita Springs, Florida. I have attended many such events over the past few years allowing me to meet and present to hundreds of CIOs from midmarket firms.
At this event, I was honored to receive an award for... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Jane Farquhar, product marketing manger, IBM Business Analytics
Recently, IBM released a new version of its Cognos Mobile iPad native application to the Apple App Store with a fresh new look and feel. With each release of the application, I’m reminded about how tablets, and touch enabled... [Continue Reading]

In his book, Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results , co-author Robert Morison (pictured) tells the story of how McKesson Pharmaceutical and its use of business analytics helped improve the supply chain process at the heart of the enterprise.
The company supplies branded, generic and over-the-counter... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Rob Rose, Chief Designer, BI, and Director, User Experience, IBM Business Analytics
I often get asked what I mean when I talk about moving to user-centered design for developing new business analytics products and new features for existing products. People wonder about how this approach differs, and how it engages... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Mark Morton, senior manager, product marketing, IBM Business Analytics
I recently had the pleasure of attending Computerworld ’s Premier 100 Conference in Tucson, Ariz. The event honored individuals who have had a positive impact on their organization through technology.
As part of the event, IBM... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Eser Kandogan, IBM Research
Big Data is getting much of the attention these days. However, I think it should be "Big Questions" that should get all that much deserved attention.
We should stop being data-centric and start becoming question-centric. That is after all what people are trying to... [Continue Reading]

Guest post from Brad Hill, Market Manager, IBM Business Analytics
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Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation, once said, “All great companies have a rowboat mentality, they are rowing hard, but they are looking at the past.”
Reflecting on what has... [Continue Reading]

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